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Skelecta 'Princess Peach' EP (Pear Drops)
Bristol’s Pear Drops collective keep the good stuff rolling with a new, 90s arcade-inspired three-track release from Skelecta. Sugary and excitable through the opening few bars, ‘Princess Peach’ soon explodes into life with monstrous, razor-like squarewave jabs that rip through the track’s giddy melodies and sweetboy, chiptune vocal FX. ‘Megadrive Memories’ then reboots signature console sounds, but this time it’s booming 808 sub that knits everything together, while final track ‘Alright’ serves up twisted demonic, eight-bar grime lifted straight out of the Trends and Boylan playbook.
6/10
